New (I think) question about foul on Yamal

I think it still counts.

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Arm is tucked to body, not making his body "unnaturally bigger" is the new way it is phrased. A handball will never be called when the arm is within the frame of your body.

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I do understand the arm is tucked to the body, but it seems if you attack the ball with your arm, even though it is tucked, it should be a handball. The arm does make your body bigger. Does the phrase “hand to ball” or “ball to hand” still count for anything? Because Yamal definitely did “hand (arm) to ball” in my view.

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it seems if you attack the ball with your arm, even though it is tucked, it should be a handball.

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It shouldn't. You can't attack the ball if your hand is tucked against your body.

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touches the ball with their hand/arm when it is in a position that makes their body unnaturally bigger and that position is not the result of their body moving fairly as part of play

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This is the newest interpretation.

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Yamal definitely did “hand (arm) to ball” in my view

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Until the arm is extended away from the body, most consider it part of the chest. This is why some players will cover their nuts in a wall instead of all of them putting them behind their backs, no player would risk giving up a handball inside the box. The newest interpretation of the law allows even more discretion for natural body movement.

Take it up with FIFA and IFAB